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862:"SUBMERGED CULTURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA GULF OF 'THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY and POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE"
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can form in its waters. With its strong currents, rocky
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Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the
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957:. San Francisco: Zoeth S. Eldredge, 1912, 31–32.
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2690:San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
1109:"LIGHT LIST, PACIFIC COAST AND PACIFIC ISLANDS"
1043:Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region
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860:JAMES P. DELGADO; STEPHEN A. HALLER (1989).
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3330:San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
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672:List of America's Favorite Architecture
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3234:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model
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752:Golden Gate National Recreation Area
244:Golden Gate National Recreation Area
2680:National Estuarine Research Reserve
2572:Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel
989:"What is a Name — The Golden Gate?"
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2567:Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
622:In 1933 construction began on the
372:The Golden Gate photographed from
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2332:Creeks (discharging into the Bay)
805:"GNIS Detail - San Francisco Bay"
521:San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate
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2635:McLaughlin Eastshore State Park
2615:Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
955:The beginnings of San Francisco
563:The Golden Gate, featured on a
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655:longest suspension bridge span
573:The U.S. Post Office issued a
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3289:Citizens for East Shore Parks
3254:Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve
2700:Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
889:James William Steele (1888).
839:USGS US Topo 7.5 - Minute Map
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545:Postcard of the Golden Gate,
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3153:Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
2705:Big Break Regional Shoreline
2675:Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
2670:Coyote Point Recreation Area
1162:Golden Gate 360 Image (Java)
1157:Golden Gate 360 Image (QTVR)
1041:"Golden Gate Ship Traffic".
1016:"Arago: 20-cent Golden Gate"
785:. Department of the Interior
577:on May 1, 1923, celebrating
36:Golden Gate (disambiguation)
1178:and through the Golden Gate
1022:. Smithsonian Postal Museum
642:. Today it is part of both
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3002:Eastern span replacement
1089:. National Ocean Service
663:Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
395:people to the south and
193:115 meters (377 ft)
3324:San Francisco Baykeeper
3224:San Leandro Oyster Beds
2086:San Francisco Peninsula
648:California Route 1
636:San Francisco Peninsula
630:connecting the city of
446:San Francisco Peninsula
429:that laid up in nearby
404:Juan RodrĂguez Cabrillo
391: – the
232:San Francisco Peninsula
185:1.1 miles (1.8 km)
18:Golden Gate, California
3294:Friends of Five Creeks
2582:Laguna Creek Watershed
2507:Marin (Alameda County)
1213:San Francisco Bay Area
968:California Place Names
701:Vessel Traffic Service
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3279:The Watershed Project
3259:Cosco Busan oil spill
3138:Port of San Francisco
3110:Blue & Gold Fleet
3025:Dumbarton Rail Bridge
2997:San Francisco–Oakland
2685:China Camp State Park
2547:Clifton Court Forebay
2542:Straits and estuaries
2266:Richmond Inner Harbor
1289:Richmond Inner Harbor
697:Port of San Francisco
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3082:Posey/Webster Street
2357:Coyote (Santa Clara)
1061:sanctuaries.noaa.gov
478:John C. Frémont
3336:Estuary Partnership
3009:Richmond–San Rafael
2587:Guadalupe watershed
2537:Lafayette Reservoir
2532:Calaveras Reservoir
2502:Fluvius Innominatus
2191:List of tributaries
1618:South San Francisco
1129:on October 26, 2019
1087:www.charts.noaa.gov
953:Eldredge, Zoeth S.
815:on December 1, 2017
653:The Bridge was the
614:, as seen from the
423:Manila-Acapulco run
296:over 100 shipwrecks
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3309:Greenbelt Alliance
3229:Richmond Shipyards
3219:Humphrey the Whale
3185:Foster City Marina
2091:Santa Clara Valley
993:Golden Gate Bridge
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2788:Castro Rocks
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2107:Homelessness
1936:Monte Sereno
1825:Hillsborough
1800:Corte Madera
1739:Rohnert Park
1628:Walnut Creek
1598:Redwood City
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3067:High Street
3057:Park Street
3032:Golden Gate
2964:Steinberger
2939:Napa Sonoma
2863:Foster City
2848:Albany Bulb
2818:The Sisters
2793:Coast Guard
2753:Yerba Buena
2719:Islands and
2377:Schoolhouse
2372:San Lorenzo
2367:San Leandro
2307:San Joaquin
2286:Mission Bay
2251:Grizzly Bay
2246:Golden Gate
2181:Hydrography
2069:Sub-regions
2050:San Lorenzo
2035:El Sobrante
1870:San Anselmo
1835:Mill Valley
1764:Suisun City
1714:Morgan Hill
1679:Foster City
1603:San Leandro
1492:Santa Clara
1384:Santa Clara
1329:Tomales Bay
1249:Grizzly Bay
1244:Golden Gate
486:Golden Horn
454:Point Reyes
427:Philippines
397:Coast Miwok
331:coastal fog
254:During the
216:Golden Gate
202:Settlements
147: /
122:Coordinates
89:Golden Gate
51:Chrysopylae
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3398:Categories
3319:Reber Plan
3244:Marincello
3187:(proposed)
3027:(inactive)
2949:Salt ponds
2721:peninsulas
2577:Watersheds
2527:Reservoirs
2512:Strawberry
2417:San Rafael
2352:Codornices
2312:Sacramento
2231:Suisun Bay
2025:Cherryland
1976:Yountville
1961:Sebastopol
1951:St. Helena
1911:Cloverdale
1820:Healdsburg
1810:Emeryville
1749:San Carlos
1709:Menlo Park
1674:El Cerrito
1654:Burlingame
1623:Union City
1608:San Rafael
1593:Pleasanton
1497:Santa Rosa
1324:Suisun Bay
1269:Napa River
1229:Bodega Bay
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765:References
728:Fort Point
724:Mile Rocks
720:Lime Point
695:, and the
683:Navigation
659:California
509: 1895
474:California
462:San Carlos
431:Drakes Bay
383: 1868
280:whirlpools
276:New Jersey
190:Max. depth
182:Min. width
174:Max. width
3129:Ports and
3062:Fruitvale
3047:Carquinez
3019:Dumbarton
2985:and tubes
2974:Westpoint
2778:Belvedere
2596:Parks and
2487:San Pablo
2397:San Mateo
2322:Guadalupe
2295:Waterways
2167:watershed
2081:North Bay
2015:Bay Point
2005:Alum Rock
1956:Sausalito
1906:Calistoga
1896:Belvedere
1884:Under 10k
1865:Rio Vista
1754:San Pablo
1744:San Bruno
1699:Los Gatos
1694:Los Altos
1689:Lafayette
1613:San Ramon
1588:Pittsburg
1578:Palo Alto
1553:Livermore
1538:Cupertino
1533:Brentwood
1507:Vacaville
1502:Sunnyvale
1487:San Mateo
1467:Fairfield
1462:Daly City
1440:100k–250k
1379:San Mateo
1220:Bodies of
482:Byzantium
425:from the
3382:Category
3087:Transbay
2914:Cordelia
2899:Baylands
2892:Wetlands
2813:Red Rock
2773:Bay Farm
2738:Alcatraz
2447:Alhambra
2382:Temescal
2327:Petaluma
2112:Politics
2076:East Bay
2055:Stanford
2040:Fairview
1993:over 10k
1971:Woodside
1901:Brisbane
1891:Atherton
1855:Piedmont
1840:Millbrae
1830:Larkspur
1759:Saratoga
1729:Pacifica
1704:Martinez
1684:Hercules
1664:Danville
1659:Campbell
1583:Petaluma
1558:Milpitas
1521:50k–100k
1482:Richmond
1452:Berkeley
1431:San Jose
1347:Counties
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272:New York
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135:122°30′W
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3204:History
3131:marinas
3097:Ferries
3052:Leimert
3042:Antioch
2992:Bridges
2983:Bridges
2924:Hoffman
2909:Chelsea
2904:Belmont
2783:Brother
2733:Alameda
2497:Wildcat
2482:Karlson
2472:Garrity
2462:Refugio
2442:Pacheco
2392:Redwood
2347:Cerrito
2337:Alameda
2186:Ecology
2174:Outline
2010:Ashland
1966:Tiburon
1926:Fairfax
1795:Clayton
1778:10k–25k
1769:Windsor
1649:Benicia
1644:Belmont
1637:25k–50k
1528:Alameda
1512:Vallejo
1477:Hayward
1472:Fremont
1457:Concord
1447:Antioch
1421:Oakland
1354:Alameda
675:by the
590:Babcock
585:Babcock
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416:Spanish
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250:Geology
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2969:Suisun
2929:Meeker
2763:Brooks
2517:Easton
2492:Castro
2467:Pinole
2427:Novato
2422:Miller
2402:Sonoma
2387:Sausal
2342:Baxter
2302:Rivers
2276:Former
2117:Sports
1921:Cotati
1875:Sonoma
1860:Pinole
1850:Orinda
1845:Moraga
1785:Albany
1724:Oakley
1719:Newark
1573:Novato
1548:Gilroy
1543:Dublin
1403:Cities
1394:Sonoma
1389:Solano
1172:Adrift
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347:Köppen
284:eddies
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165:strait
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3077:Tubes
2959:Stege
2934:Mowry
2798:Greco
2758:Minor
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2457:Rodeo
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1805:Dixon
1407:towns
1364:Marin
1222:water
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